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There is a pervasive myth in Uganda’s opposition that President Yoweri Museveni steals their votes. Opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye has been the principle promoter of this myth, claiming that he won all the electoral contests against…

President Yoweri Museveni will today address the nation ahead of the January 14 presidential and parliamentary election. Mr Museveni confirmed the development through his social media channels. “I will address the country today ahead…

A section of religious leaders has disassociated themselves from remarks by the Archbishop of Kampala Dr. Cyprian Kizito Lwanga calling for the postponement of next year’s presidential elections for three years. Yesterday while…

British and American diplomats have asked President Museveni to leverage on South Sudan leaders to hold election after the Ugandan leader proposed that only a vote can resolve the political and security impasse in Juba. Mr Museveni…

Ugandans will go to polls on January 14, 2021, to elect their Members of Parliament, the Electoral Commission (EC) has announced. The electoral body has also gazetted November 9, 2020, to January 12, 2021, as the campaign period for all…

President Yoweri Museveni has said that the government is in the process of procuring equipment for digital verification of the voters using their biometric-data in an attempt to stop vote-rigging in the coming election. “…it has…

The recent coup in Niger was led by Col. Salou Djibo, a "little known commander of a platoon based near the capital." Guinea’s coup in late 2008 put the erratic and paranoid Captain Moussa Dadis Camara at the country’s helm.  Then of course…

At every point when African countries are set to have elections, foreign security agencies such as CIA of US, Mossad of Israel, and MI6 of Britain conduct secret surveys to gauge the political mood in those respective countries. The survey…

By Don Wanyama Ever since the Electoral Commission chairman, Justice Simon Byabakama, announced a revised roadmap to the 2021 elections on June 16th and qualified that process with guidelines that bar large gatherings, especially…

The National Resistance Movement (NRM) Electoral Commission(EC) has met with the ministry of health officials before releasing the road map for the party primaries. The three-hour meeting at the ministry's office focused on conducting…